The residential home for the elderly, Id-Dar tal-Providenza, will hold its annual open day and fundraising telethon on New Year’s Day.
This will be the 16th edition of the marathon, one of the main fund-raising events of the home that needs €13,000 to operate every day, or €3.5 million a year.
During last year’s edition a record €668,217 was raised.
Id-Dar tal-Providenza was set up in 1965 by Dun Mikiel Azzopardi and is now the home for 100 people with mental and physical disabilities. Donations may be made on the following telephone numbers: 5160 2012 (€10); 5170 2013 (€15); 5180 2014 (€25) and 5061 8922 (€7).